Literature and Poetry – Juan Ramón Jiménez

Juan Ramón Jiménez was a Spanish poet and a pioneer of modern Spanish poetry.

This quote highlights poetry as a state of grace distinct from literature, emphasizing its unique nature.

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Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958) was a Spanish poet from Moguer in Andalusia who helped initiate the renewal of Spanish poetry in the 20th century. His work combined influences from modernism, late Romanticism, and the popular tradition of the Romancero. He was a forerunner of the Generation of ’27 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956.

Quote about language, intellect, and reading by Charles Scribner

30. June 2020

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"Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life." Charles Scribner

Quote image featuring Mattias Desmet about science encountering an unknowable essence described through poetry and metaphor

25. July 2025

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"As such, science stumbles upon an unknowable and mysterious essence that escapes logical explanation and which can be described only in the language of poetry and metaphor." Mattias Desmet